What maven goal is required to run maven sonar analysis?

Question

I have seen sonar builds failing if I run mvn package or mvn verify as build goals, however if I change it to mvn install it passes.

Can you explain why maven install goal is needed for sonar to work properly?

Answer 1

In a multi-module build an aggregator plugin can't resolve dependencies from target folder. So you have two options:

• mvn clean install && mvn sonar:sonar as two separate processes
• mvn clean package sonar:sonar as a single reactor